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  • SAFE ENOUGH
    SAFE ENOUGH
    LEE CHILD
    From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for the first time in one edition, complete with an introduction from the author plus an exclusive brand new short story featuring Jack Reacher and Maggie Bird from Lee Child and Tess Gerritsen. 'It's Lee Child. Why would you not read it?' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'An enticing snack-like boo...
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  • AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH
    AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH
    NEIL POSTMAN
    Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational public discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent, persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs, and offers compelling suggestions as to how to withstand the media onslaught. Bef...
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  • THE NEW LEVIATHANS
    THE NEW LEVIATHANS
    JOHN GRAY
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    13,75 €

  • THE SISTERS
    THE SISTERS
    JONAS HASSEN KHEMIRI
    'One of the best novels I've ever read about the complexities of mixed heritage' New Yorker A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE SUMMER 'I really loved this book . . . a novel to sink into' New York Times 'Superb . . . one of those books you live inside and miss when it's over' Isabella Hammad, author of Enter Ghost 'A moving appraisal of family, language, and the spiritual developm...
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  • MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
    MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
    ARTHUR GOLDEN
    This is a seductive and evocative epic on an intimate scale, which tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan's most dramatic history, it uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. From a small fishing village in 1929, the tale moves to the glamorous and decadent heart of Kyoto in the 193...
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  • THE ICEMAN COMETH
    THE ICEMAN COMETH
    EUGENE O'NEILL
    Into a waterfront bar, full of life's failures, subsisting solely on their dreams, comes Hickey with his urge to make them face the truth. This play, first staged in 1946, is written by the author of Anna Christie and Strange Interlude, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936. ...
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  • VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS
    VERY BRITISH PROBLEMS
    ROB TEMPLE
    There's an epidemic sweeping the nationSymptoms include:*Acute embarrassment at the mere notion of 'making a fuss'*Extreme awkwardness when faced with any social greeting beyond a brisk handshake *An unhealthy preoccupation with meteorology Doctors have also reported several cases of unnecessary apologising, an obsessive interest in correct queuing etiquette and dramatic sighin...
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  • THE MANIAC
    THE MANIAC
    BENJAMIN LABATUT
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    13,75 €

  • TRISTESSA
    TRISTESSA
    JACK KEROUAC
    Tristessa is a strange fever-dream of morphine sickness and belly-deep sadness. Or, in the words of Allen Ginsberg: 'a narrative meditation studying a hen, a rooster, a dove, a cat, a chihuahua dog, family meat, and a ravishing, ravished junky lady, first in their crowded bedroom, then out to drunken streets, taco stands, and pads at dawn in Mexico City slums'. ...
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  • BLOODMARKED
    BLOODMARKED
    TRACY DEONN
    SOME LEGACIES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN. The powerful sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling and award-winning Legendborn. Perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J. Maas and Cinderella is Dead! The shadows have risen, and the line is law. All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind her mother's death. So she infiltrated the Legendborn Orde...
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  • THE SEA AROUND US
    THE SEA AROUND US
    RACHEL CARSON
    Rachel Carson tells the history of our oceans, combining scientific insight and poetic prose as only she could, to take us from the creation of the oceans, through their role in shaping life on Earth, to what the future holds. It was prophetic at the time it was written, alerting the world to a crisis in the climate, and it speaks to the fragility and centrality of the oceans a...
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  • MAN DOWN
    MAN DOWN
    MATT RUDD
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    12,50 €

  • AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD
    AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD
    KAZUO ISHIGURO
    It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated painter Masuji Ono fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson, and his evenings drinking with old associates in quiet lantern-lit bars. His should be a tranquil ret...
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  • THE VULNERABLES
    THE VULNERABLES
    SIGRID NUNEZ
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    12,50 €

  • THE BOOK OF DOORS
    THE BOOK OF DOORS
    GARETH BROWN
    'Joyful, exuberant, and crackling with adventure.' STUART TURTON 'A clever and beautiful novel about the power of books.' SUNYI DEAN 'Full of magic, wonder and heart.' ANITA FRANK 'A magical, mesmerising adventure from the very first page.' A. J. WEST ---------------------------------- Because some doors should never be opened. New York bookseller Cassie Andrews is not su...
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    12,50 €

  • MAAME
    MAAME
    JESSICA GEORGE
    THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MAAME is the most moving debut of 2023 - and a heroine you'll never forget. *Read with Jenna Today Book Club Pick* *Apple Book of the Month* *A 2023 Debut of the Year as chosen by: SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, VOGUE, RED MAGAZINE, INDEPENDENT, BELFAST TELEGRAPH, HUFFINGTON POST UK, POP SUGAR, HARPERS BAZAAR,...
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  • THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY
    THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY
    KIRAN DESAI
    When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that only served to drive Sonia and Sunny apart. Sonia, an aspiring novelist who recently completed her studies in the snowy mountains of Vermont, has returned to her ...
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  • THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
    THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
    ALEXANDRE DUMAS
    "On what slender threads do life and fortune hang." Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American ReadThrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unear...
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  • THE CONCISE 33 STRATEGIES OF WAR
    THE CONCISE 33 STRATEGIES OF WAR
    ROBERT GREENE
    From bestselling author Robert Greene comes a new guide to the strategies of war that can help us gain mastery in the modern world. Spanning world civilisations, and synthesising dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts, The Concise 33 Strategies of War is a guide to the subtle social game of everyday life. Based on profound and timeless lessons, it is abundantly...
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  • THE WORLD THE PLAGUE MADE
    THE WORLD THE PLAGUE MADE
    JAMES BELICH
    A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern ageIn 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and caused untold suffering, but it also brought about a cultural and economic renewal on a scale never be...
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  • BEHIND THE NET
    BEHIND THE NET
    STEPHANIE ARCHER
    He's the hot, grumpy goalie I had a crush on in high school... and now I'm his live-in assistant. After my ex crushed my dreams in the music industry, I'm done with getting my heart broken. Working as an assistant for an NHL player was supposed to be a breeze, but nothing about Jamie Streicher is easy. He's an intimidatingly hot, grouchy jerk who can't stand me. The guy has a ...
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  • SONS AND LOVERS
    SONS AND LOVERS
    DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE
    Chiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the World's finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these titles feel extra special and will look striking on any shelf. Sons and Lovers is a 1913 novel by the English writer D. H. Lawr...
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    22,95 €

  • THE INEXPLICABLE LOGIC OF MY LIFE
    THE INEXPLICABLE LOGIC OF MY LIFE
    BENJAMIN ALIRE SÁENZ
    A warmly humane look at universal questions of belonging, infused with humour, from the bestselling author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it's senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything,...
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  • THE KISS OF DECEPTION
    THE KISS OF DECEPTION
    MARY E. PEARSON
    'A deeply satisfying, intricately plotted fantasy where no one - no one - is quite what they seem' Robin LaFevers, New York Times-bestselling author of Grave Mercy The first book in the New York Times bestselling Remnant Chronicles. The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can't abide. Like having to marry som...
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  • MISINTERPRETATION
    MISINTERPRETATION
    LEDIA XHOGA
    There was a unicycle hanging from a metal rack, its lemon-coloured wheel hovering above my head. The last thing I remembered was that party in Manhattan, somewhere in the West Village, drinking odd-looking cocktails and eating walnut cookies . . . Everything seemed vague. In New York City, an Albanian interpreter cannot help but become entangled in her clients' struggles, de...
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  • MURTAGH
    MURTAGH
    CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI
    The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air...
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  • TALES OF THE DEAD: SELECTIONS FROM FANTASMAGORIANA, THE CLASSIC GERMAN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES
    TALES OF THE DEAD: SELECTIONS FROM FANTASMAGORIANA, THE CLASSIC GERMAN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES
    SARAH ELIZABETH UTTERSON, TRANS.
    These six classic tales of ghosts and hauntings, culled from Fantasmagoriana (1818), a German book that reputedly helped inspire Mary Shelley to pen her immortal novel Frankenstein while staying with Percy Shelley and the mad, vampiric Lord Byron on that haunted summer at Villa Diodati, in Switzerland, two hundred years ago. That night saw the birth of monsters such as the vamp...
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  • HOW TO THINK ABOUT GOD
    HOW TO THINK ABOUT GOD
    MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
    A vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero's influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divineMost ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods—from Jupiter, Minerva, and Mars to countless local divinities, household gods, and ancestral spirits. One of the most influential Roman perspectives on religion came from a nonreligious belief ...
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  • THE WISE KING
    THE WISE KING
    SIMON R. DOUBLEDAY
    An illuminating biography of Alfonso X, the 13th-century philosopher-king whose affinity for Islamic culture left an indelible mark on Western civilization"If I had been present at the Creation," the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have stated, "Many faults in the universe would have been avoided." Known as El Sabio, "the Wise," Alfonso was reno...
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  • HOW TO GROW OLD
    HOW TO GROW OLD
    MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
    Timeless wisdom on growing old gracefully from one of ancient Rome's greatest philosophersWorried that old age will inevitably mean losing your libido, your health, and possibly your marbles too? Well, Cicero has some good news for you. In How to Grow Old, the great Roman orator and statesman eloquently describes how you can make the second half of life the best part of all—and...
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